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PROLOGUE (2) by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: O LOVE, THE INTEREST ITSELF IN THOUGHTLESS HEAVEN
Last Line: FOR THE VIRGIN ROADSTEADS OF OUR HEARTS AN UNWAVERING KEEL

Poem Sources:

THE FABER BOOK OF MODERN VERSE. NEW ED.
  ROBERTS, MICHAEL (ED.)
  (1951)
 



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